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Visiting a zoo / aquarium with a service dog? Here’s how to plan your visit.
I’ve had a couple folk ask about planning trips to the zoo with a service dog, so I though I’d post the steps I recommend folk follow as a dog trainer and also someone in the zoo world.
Check the facility’s website for a service animal policy! Many facilities have additional information about visiting with a SD on the same page as the policy that says “service dogs only, no pets.” Sometimes they’ll ask you to check in at a specific point when you arrive, or have a map of areas that you can’t take your service dog into.
Contact the zoo in advance, by either phone or email. I prefer phone, but if you’ve got a couple days before you go email should be fine. You’re looking for the Guest Services department - but if you can’t find that number / email, the general “contact us” information will get you to the right place.
Ask Guest Services about these things:
What the check-in process is on arrival (even if it’s online). Find out if they’ll want you to fill out a form or provide any information. This information is generally used to put out a radio call once you enter the zoo, alerting staff that there’s a known service team on grounds and helping them identify you and your animal.
Find out if there are any areas you can’t take your dog into (even if it doesn’t say anything online). Service animals are generally prohibited from walk-through aviaries and other exhibits where there’s no fencing between the guests and the animals, for the safety of the zoo animals. I’ve found some zoos prefer service dogs not go near the large carnivore exhibits, or through areas with flighty hoofstock. You may be asked to not approach ambassador animals. It varies by facility, so definitely ask - if there’s an animal you really want to make sure you see, there’s no harm in getting verbal confirmation you can take your dog to that area.
Find out if your dog can come with you to specific interactions you’re interested in (giraffe feeds, wildlife shows, etc) and ask how it’ll be handled. Sometimes you’ll find the answer is “I don’t know” or “It should be fine” - ask them to find out and follow up with you, if you’re comfortable with that. Don’t assume that you can’t do something if the person you’re talking to doesn’t have enough information - Guest Services knows a lot but doesn’t always have answers to that level of specifics, and it’s their job to find out.
Ask if there are specified areas you should go to relieve your service animal. Some zoos have specifically designated potty areas with plants to pee on and and signs and potty bags, but many don’t.
I always recommend asking if there are large areas where there’s no shade, especially as we get into summer. It’s worth knowing where you want to go early before the pavement gets too hot for paws.
When you get to the zoo, check in following their protocol. They should walk you through where you can go and where you can’t with your service dog - if they don’t, make a point of asking. There could be a temporary protocol due to a protective mama or a sick animal that you wouldn’t have known about in advance. If you’re concerned about going to something with your dog - I know a lot of service dog handlers are super conscientious about not wanting their dogs to disrupt a wildlife presentation or bother ambassador animals - I’d suggest communicating that to people at the gate and asking them to that department know here will be a dog in the audience so they can factor it into their show plan. It generally shouldn’t be a problem, but if you’re worried, communication is always a positive.
Enjoy your day at the zoo!
If you visit zoos with your service animal and have additional advice, please feel free to chime in! I know it can be daunting to go to a few facility because there’s not always ton of information provided online, but hopefully this guide can make that a little easier.
Usually you give good info but I’m going to say you are completely wrong on this. The answer is very short and simple. You don’t need to change anything. A service animal is required by federal law to be allowed access to ALL areas the public is allowed. If a zoo says you can not take your dog somewhere or anything beyond a designated potty spot they are in violation of the human rights code. I’ll give a correct version of this that doesn’t make people think zoos are excluded from federal laws.
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1. Have a copy of both local and federal service dog laws handy, ideally in an easy to read info sheet you can hand to anyone who tries to say you can’t take your animal somewhere. If you are in the USA your animal must be a mini horse or a dog. In Canada it can be anything. I have both a service cat who legally is allowed to be in public with me but it’s too stressful for her so I have a service dog as well. People will insist a lot of bull based on info from fake service dogs usually.
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2. By law in both Canada and the USA you can only legally ask two questions- “is this a service animal?” And “what type of tasks does it do?”. You may not ask for details of their disability (privacy act), ask them for certification (which doesn’t exist FYI), or ask the handler to demonstrate any task or obedience. These are considered distractions of a working service animal and in some provinces at least doing so can get you a several thousand dollar fine for even a first offence. So anyone who says anything involved beyond a verbal “this is a service dog” and a summery of the type of task (ie mobility assist, medic alert, medical response, hearing, guide, etc- note these are general categories you can’t ask specific tasks) is in violation of the law.
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3. An animal is NOT required to be vested and if it interferes with their ability to work is not required to be on a leash even. If it’s too hot I work with my dog unvested because how would you feel wearing a coat in a heat wave? His safety comes ahead of looking like what people think a service dog should look. Belief in these myths was how I ended up forced to have a friend take my service dog who had alerted to my heart problems in the first place which was why I was at the er being told he wasn’t allowed in since he had no vest or “certification papers”
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4. If you find areas marked as closed to service dogs, zoos saying someone needs to prove an animal is a service animal, asking details of disability, etc? Report it. Don’t let them get away with it.
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As such a large popular blog I expected better @why-animals-do-the-thing in terms of research and knowledge of federal human rights laws. This info is mostly from the federal human rights code for Canada and the ADA in the USA. There are additional provincial and state laws that have additional rules but these are the most basic. The ONLY time it is legal to not let a service animal go somewhere with the owner is into a sterile prep area… where the public also can’t go without scrubbing in. If the public can go, a service animal can go. Saying they can’t is legally equal to a zoo saying “oh sorry you can’t have a wheelchair in here. You have to walk through this part” which is why your info is extremely at odds with the law. Please especially with so much bad info spread by fakes make sure to be aware of the law before answering a question in a way that encourages people to let zoos break federal human rights laws. I would appreciate if you corrected this before your misinformation spreads further. If you don’t know the law and don’t want to research it, in future maybe defer to someone who actually does.
Hey, so, while I appreciate your attempt to correct perceived misinformation on my post, you’re missing a piece of information - and therefore not actually correct because zoological facilities fall into a slightly irregular area of the law. Businesses are allowed to exclude service animals when their presence “fundamentally alters” business function or the services the business provides. As such, there are times at which it is appropriate for a zoological facility to exclude service animals from parts of the facility: it’s generally done when the health and welfare of the resident zoo animals is put at risk by the presence of the dog.
Under the text of the ADA, businesses are required to make “reasonable modifications” to accommodate individuals with a disability, unless doing so would fundementally alter the function of the business. Here’s the exact text from the law:
“A public entity shall make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures when the modifications are necessary to avoid discrimination on the basis of disability, unless the public entity can demonstrate that making the modifications would fundamentally alter the nature of the service, program, or activity. “
The “reasonable accommodation” requirement does extend to service animals, and when having a service animal in certain areas or on premises would result in a fundamental alteration of business function, the result is that the facility is allowed to exclude the service animal.
Here’s a direct quote from the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Website ADA FAQ about limiting access and what counts as a fundamental alteration under the law.
“Q25. When can service animals be excluded?
A. The ADA does not require covered entities to modify policies, practices, or procedures if it would “fundamentally alter” the nature of the goods, services, programs, or activities provided to the public. Nor does it overrule legitimate safety requirements. If admitting service animals would fundamentally alter the nature of a service or program, service animals may be prohibited. In addition, if a particular service animal is out of control and the handler does not take effective action to control it, or if it is not housebroken, that animal may be excluded.
Q26. When might a service dog’s presence fundamentally alter the nature of a service or program provided to the public?
A. In most settings, the presence of a service animal will not result in a fundamental alteration. However, there are some exceptions. For example, at a boarding school, service animals could be restricted from a specific area of a dormitory reserved specifically for students with allergies to dog dander. At a zoo, service animals can be restricted from areas where the animals on display are the natural prey or natural predators of dogs, where the presence of a dog would be disruptive, causing the displayed animals to behave aggressively or become agitated. They cannot be restricted from other areas of the zoo.”
Zoological facilities are such an exemplar of this issue that they’re literally included in the government FAQ. In addition to areas with predators, dogs are frequently excluded from walk-through aviaries to ensure the safety of the free-roaming animals, and are sometimes excluded from areas with highly flighty prey animals who might hurt themselves on a fence attempting to flee from the dog.
Here’s what the text of the ADA says about what happens when a facility excludes an animal from an area legally:
“If a public entity properly excludes a service animal under § 35.136(b), it shall give the individual with a disability the opportunity to participate in the service, program, or activity without having the service animal on the premises.”
So, basically, a zoo can say to someone “you can’t take your SD in there, sorry” but they must offer that person the choice to go to that area of the zoo without the animal. I promise you that major zoological institutions in the United States are not just shamelessly violating the ADA with regards to service animal uses. There is actually a fantastic consulting company, ActServices Inc., that consults with many US zoos to help them ensure ADA compliance both with regard to service animals and accessible facility design. I’ve encountered educational outreach by them at multiple national and international conferences over the years, both in the form of formal presentations and information outreach at exhibition hall booths.
You’re right about the fact that employees at zoological facilities in the United States can only ask the two legal questions and that animals may not be required to be vested when on grounds. The rest of my post was simply hoping to provide people with an idea of how to prepare for visiting a facility with their service animal, because it can add to the stress of a visit to not know what the procedures will be and I get a lot of questions about how to navigate things like shows / potty breaks. You are not in any way required to follow my recommendations - I wanted to provide a set of steps people could follow to get information to help prepare and be more comfortable on the day of their trip. However, it is entirely legal for zoos to exclude service animals from specific areas because the sheer presence of the service animal alters facility function by endangering the resident animals.
This post has been edited to include the exact text from the ADA addressing reasonable accommodation and fundamental alteration of purpose.
I was informed the ADA makes exceptions for this. I’m Canadian so I don’t know the ADA perfectly. In Canada a zoo must allow a trained service dog anywhere it’s handler can go. When I looked at the ADA regarding service dogs quickly it seemed to say the same. I understand and appreciate the correction regarding American laws, but maybe make sure it’s clear this is ONLY true for the USA. In Canada the zoo would be violating a federal human rights charter as well as provincial laws around service animals. So I stand corrected in the USA apparently zoos can legally restrict access, but Canada they absolutely can not and can face steep fines for doing so. Often a first single offence fine is as high as $5000 and if you have multiple complaints it can be $10,000 plus. The reason has to do with medical alert dogs mainly. From a practical stand point it is telling someone who has a medical need- sorry we have a no needles policy here so you can’t come in here with your epipen or telling a wheelchair user they have to walk… but the epipen is a more accurate analogy. My animals let me know before I go into convulsions and life threatening dysautonomia that has already caused a heart attack that an attack is coming which lets me take meds sooner as well as DPT to keep me alive til I get to er if meds fail. That’s why Canadian law makes no exceptions for zoos. The reality is service dogs are not going to be aggressive or behave dog like at all enough to stress an animal. A screaming child is far more likely to cause them distress. There is zero risk even in open avaries again because a service dog for public access has to not have any aggression or strong prey drive. I have had my dog tuck and stay while I rescued ducklings from the bathroom and looked for their mother and when I saw she was long gone got them to wildlife rehab. They are also trained to be quiet and unobtrusive. That’s what tucking is for. They lay silently curled at your feet. I’m also wondering with how many laws have been changed recently if the law around service dogs did too since I was sure Canada and the USA said the same thing. A dog is absolutely no more distressing than a screaming kid- if it’s a service dog who if healing correctly is on the side away from the animals with a handler between and tucked it’s likely less disturbing. Unless you ban kids from an area there is zero reason to ban dogs. In any case for Canada you are still wrong. There is no reason to ban them and it is a human rights violation if they do.
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Also you are still wrong about “check in process” requiring documents of any kind. ADA still says only questions that can be asked are “is the a service animal” and “what tasks does it do”. Nothing else. If a zoo asks for more? They are in violation of the law. So while apparently zoos are excluded for requiring service dogs have access anywhere the public does, they still can’t ask for private medical data or “certification” as proof or ask about the disability itself.
You’re right that my information only applies in the US. I’ll go back and edit to make sure that’s emphasized.
Service dogs actually can and do stress out zoo animals, especially the carnivores or other canids. Remember, animals that live in zoos are not used to seeing other animals, and so any instance where a service animal is nearby is a very exciting, novel set of stimuli. Service animals are very obviously not children - which zoo animals are habituated to - and even when freshly washed they smell like another animal. Their movement patterns, even when calm, can and do trigger predatory reactions (gazing, stalking, pouncing / pawing at the barrier) from big cats, and other canids may start doing territorial displays at the presence of an interloper. Zoos generally know which individual animals are prone to react this way and will have their exhibits specifically off limits, but may allow service teams to go near the exhibits of closely-related animals where the individuals residing there are known to not care. It’s also worth noting that while service dogs do go through extensive training for appropriate behavior during public access, very few of them are proofed in situations involving large exotic animals - as such, it’s not unreasonable to expect a service animal to break from appropriate behavior if they’re encountering an entirely new stimulus (stingrays at a touch tank are a big one I’ve personally observed distracting working dogs) or are startled by a type of animal they’ve never encountered before.
When I talk about check-in information, they’re not asking you for documentation to prove it’s a service animal or anything, because yes, that’s illegal. What I’m talking about is a common situation where the zoo takes down some information for their own records. For instance, the breed of the dog and maybe the color of your shirt, and if the dog is wearing a vest or not. That way they can let other staff know that yes, a service team fitting X description is on grounds, we know they’re here (because people do try to sneak pets onto zoo grounds, staff need to know what animals to expect to see in order to identify the ones that have been snuck in and have them removed).
I can definitely attest to service dogs disturbing the predator species more than the prey. I watched a Jaguar run down the length of its exhibit after a service dog.
Oddly enough I looked up the map for the zoo at where service dogs are not allowed to go, and it isn’t one of them.
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/sites/default/files/2018-12/SanDiegoZooServiceAnimalGuideMap8-5-18-REV_0.pdf The only completely restricted areas are the petting zoo, a hummingbird aviary, and a duck aviary.
Anyway, thought this might be a good example.
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The Amish, who don’t get vaccinated, rarely get autism, cancer, or heart disease – coincidence?
The Amish, who don’t get vaccinated, rarely get autism, cancer, or heart disease – coincidence?
By S.D. Wells
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January 9, 2017
The Amish, who don’t get vaccinated, rarely get autism, cancer, or heart disease – coincidence?
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The Amish are hardly the pictures of health, especially when it comes to children. In fact many of them die young from genetic diseases that are a result of the founder effect.
Amish, Mennonite, and Hutterite populations are prone to having children with maple syrup urine disease, Cohen Syndrome, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Cockayne Syndrome, Cystic fibrosis, and quite a few others. http://www.biochemgenetics.ca/plainpeople/view.php (list of genetic diseases found within the Amish, Mennonite, and Hutterite communities)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/genetic-disorders-hit-amish-hard/
'But for so many years, the Amish have had no names for these disorders. It was simply a mystery why half the headstones in Amish cemeteries were headstones of children.
The genetic problems come down to something called the "founder effect" because the nearly 150,000 Amish in America can trace their roots back to a few hundred German-Swiss settlers who brought the Amish and Mennonite faiths to the United States in the 18th century. Over generations of intermarriage, rare genetic flaws have shown up, flaws which most of us carry within our genetic makeup but which don't show up unless we marry someone else with the same rare genetic markers.' http://www.nature.com/news/rare-diseases-genomics-plain-and-simple-1.10125
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/why-are-anti-vaxxers-rallying-behind-the-amish/384151/ 'One example is Maple Syrup Urine Disease—so named for the smell of the sufferer’s urine and ear wax—which causes the body to be unable to metabolize protein. Most people with MSUD experience vomiting, seizures, and brain damage starting in infancy, and they die early. Only one out of every 180,000 babies in the general population is born with the disease, but it strikes one out of every 358 Amish babies. Treatment usually involves avoiding meat and dairy entirely—which is tough to manage in the “all-natural” Amish lifestyle. Liver transplants are another option, but few Amish can afford them. And that’s just one of the many virtually unheard-of genetic diseases that plague the Plain People.'
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Due to the fact that I’m hosting an LGBTQ+ reading challenge next year (which you can find here), I’ve decided to do a little giveaway for it!
- You don’t have to be following me, though it’d be nice if you were or if you want to enter any future giveaways.
- There will be two winners who will get to choose two LGBT+ books (it must be a main or major character in the book). If you don’t want to choose yourself, I’m happy to send you two random LGBT+ books and surprise you.
- The winners will receive the books from Book Depository, so therefore it is a worldwide giveaway. (Just make sure Book Depository delivers to you).
- Only reblogs count as entries. You can reblog as many times as you want.
- I’ll be using a random number generator to find the two winners.
- The winners will have 48 hours (2 days) to get back to me, otherwise I’ll find a new winner/s. I’ll be contacting through either the ask or message service on Tumblr.
- You need to be comfortable with giving me your address so that I can send you the books, and if you’re under 18 please have parents permission.
- The giveaway ends December 31st, 2016
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Our charity for 2016 is The United Way of Genesee County - Flint Water Fund.
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Today is the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
At least 25 trans people have been murdered this year in the United States alone – internationally, it’s in the hundreds – and the majority of those we’ve lost were transgender women of color. Transphobia is not merely alive and well; it is thriving and militant. It has taken too many of us, of our brothers and sisters and siblings, away far too soon.
November 20 is set aside as a day to mourn the transgender people who have been lost to violence and hatred; it’s a day for grief and reflection. It’s also a reminder of the work we must do every other day of the year. Our knowledge of and commitment to the fight for transgender justice should not only come up each November 20. I’m talking especially to my fellow cis people: we have to do the work. All. Year. Long. It’s never been more important.
Today, we mourn. Every other day of the year, we fight like hell. Here are a few ways to get started:
Here’s a list of actions you need to take to help transgender women of color survive.
Here is a map of TDoR events taking place around the world.
Here’s information about a few fantastic groups working on behalf of trans rights who could use your time, your attention and your donations: the Trans Women of Color Collective, the National Center for Transgender Equality, Trans Student Educational Resources, Gender Spectrum, and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. (There are so many more, so reblog and add to the list.)
Here’s a website dedicated to books by trans women.
Here’s information about the Trans Lifeline, a suicide hotline operated by and for trans people. The number, should you need it, is (877) 565-8860 in the United States and (877) 330-6366 in Canada. (They received nearly ten times their usual call traffic after the election, so if you have money to donate, they could use it, too.)
Here’s a great read from Janet Mock on why TDoR is not the be-all-end-all of activism around trans issues.
And here are some always-relevant affirmations and wisdom from Laverne Cox. Bookmark them for any day of the year.

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